Association between host wing morphology polymorphism and
            Wolbachia
            infection in
            Vollenhovia emeryi
            (Hymenoptera: Myrmicinae)

Pureum Noh; Seung‐Yoon Oh; Soyeon Park; Taesung Kwon; Yonghwan Kim; Jae Chun Choe; Gilsang Jeong

doi:10.1002/ece3.6582

Association between host wing morphology polymorphism and Wolbachia infection in Vollenhovia emeryi (Hymenoptera: Myrmicinae)

Authorea ◽

10.22541/au.158325434.48523234 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Pureum Noh ◽

Seung Yoon Oh ◽

Soyeon Park ◽

Taesung Kwon ◽

Yonghwan Kim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Wolbachia Infection ◽

Wing Morphology ◽

Vollenhovia Emeryi

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Increased male mating rate in Drosophila is associated with Wolbachia infection.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.1118800.574890 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

William Sullivan

Keyword(s):

Wolbachia Infection ◽

Male Mating ◽

Mating Rate

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Hox dosage contributes to flight appendage morphology in Drosophila

Nature Communications ◽

10.1038/s41467-021-23293-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Rachel Paul ◽

Guillaume Giraud ◽

Katrin Domsch ◽

Marilyne Duffraisse ◽

Frédéric Marmigère ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Drosophila Melanogaster ◽

Differential Expression ◽

Hox Genes ◽

Expression Profiles ◽

Fruit Fly ◽

Insect Species ◽

Wing Morphology ◽

Hox Proteins ◽

Spatial Expression ◽

Flying Insects

AbstractFlying insects have invaded all the aerial space on Earth and this astonishing radiation could not have been possible without a remarkable morphological diversification of their flight appendages. Here, we show that characteristic spatial expression profiles and levels of the Hox genes Antennapedia (Antp) and Ultrabithorax (Ubx) underlie the formation of two different flight organs in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. We further demonstrate that flight appendage morphology is dependent on specific Hox doses. Interestingly, we find that wing morphology from evolutionary distant four-winged insect species is also associated with a differential expression of Antp and Ubx. We propose that variation in the spatial expression profile and dosage of Hox proteins is a major determinant of flight appendage diversification in Drosophila and possibly in other insect species during evolution.

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Offsetting Effects of Wolbachia Infection and Heat Shock on Sperm Production inDrosophila simulans: Analyses of Fecundity, Fertility and Accessory Gland Proteins

Genetics ◽

10.1093/genetics/155.1.167 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 155 (1) ◽

pp. 167-178 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Rhonda R Snook ◽

Sophia Y Cleland ◽

Mariana F Wolfner ◽

Timothy L Karr

Keyword(s):

Heat Shock ◽

Natural Populations ◽

Adult Life ◽

Reproductive Factors ◽

Male Gamete ◽

Wolbachia Infection ◽

Accessory Gland ◽

Sperm Production ◽

Accessory Gland Proteins ◽

Mating Conditions

AbstractInfection in Drosophila simulans with the endocellular symbiont Wolbachia pipientis results in egg lethality caused by failure to properly initiate diploid development (cytoplasmic incompatibility, CI). The relationship between Wolbachia infection and reproductive factors influencing male fitness has not been well examined. Here we compare infected and uninfected strains of D. simulans for (1) sperm production, (2) male fertility, and (3) the transfer and processing of two accessory gland proteins, Acp26Aa or Acp36De. Infected males produced significantly fewer sperm cysts than uninfected males over the first 10 days of adult life, and infected males, under varied mating conditions, had lower fertility compared to uninfected males. This fertility effect was due to neither differences between infected and uninfected males in the transfer and subsequent processing of accessory gland proteins by females nor to the presence of Wolbachia in mature sperm. We found that heat shock, which is known to decrease CI expression, increases sperm production to a greater extent in infected compared to uninfected males, suggesting a possible link between sperm production and heat shock. Given these results, the roles Wolbachia and heat shock play in mediating male gamete production may be important parameters for understanding the dynamics of infection in natural populations.

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Wolbachia and Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in the CaliforniaCulex pipiensMosquito Species Complex: Parameter Estimates and Infection Dynamics in Natural Populations

Genetics ◽

10.1093/genetics/165.4.2029 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 165 (4) ◽

pp. 2029-2038 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jason L Rasgon ◽

Thomas W Scott

Keyword(s):

Species Complex ◽

Cytoplasmic Incompatibility ◽

Natural Populations ◽

Wolbachia Infection ◽

Field Conditions ◽

Parameter Estimates ◽

Infection Prevalence ◽

Infection Frequency ◽

Specific Pcr ◽

Vector Borne

AbstractBefore maternally inherited bacterial symbionts like Wolbachia, which cause cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI; reduced hatch rate) when infected males mate with uninfected females, can be used in a program to control vector-borne diseases it is essential to understand their dynamics of infection in natural arthropod vector populations. Our study had four goals: (1) quantify the number of Wolbachia strains circulating in the California Culex pipiens species complex, (2) investigate Wolbachia infection frequencies and distribution in natural California populations, (3) estimate the parameters that govern Wolbachia spread among Cx. pipiens under laboratory and field conditions, and (4) use these values to estimate equilibrium levels and compare predicted infection prevalence levels to those observed in nature. Strain-specific PCR, wsp gene sequencing, and crossing experiments indicated that a single Wolbachia strain infects Californian Cx. pipiens. Infection frequency was near or at fixation in all populations sampled for 2 years along a >1000-km north-south transect. The combined statewide infection frequency was 99.4%. Incompatible crosses were 100% sterile under laboratory and field conditions. Sterility decreased negligibly with male age in the laboratory. Infection had no significant effect on female fecundity under laboratory or field conditions. Vertical transmission was >99% in the laboratory and ∼98.6% in the field. Using field data, models predicted that Wolbachia will spread to fixation if infection exceeds an unstable equilibrium point above 1.4%. Our estimates accurately predicted infection frequencies in natural populations. If certain technical hurdles can be overcome, our data indicate that Wolbachia can invade vector populations as part of an applied transgenic strategy for vector-borne disease reduction.

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Molecular Evidence of Wolbachia Infection in Natural Populations of Tropical Odonates

Current Microbiology ◽

10.1007/s00284-002-4010-4 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 47 (4) ◽

pp. 314-318 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Apisit Thipaksorn ◽

Wanwisa Jamnongluk ◽

Pattamaporn Kittayapong

Keyword(s):

Natural Populations ◽

Wolbachia Infection ◽

Molecular Evidence

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The influence of wing morphology and echolocation on the gleaning ability of the insectivorous bat Myotis tricolor

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z04-172 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 82 (12) ◽

pp. 1854-1863 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Samantha Stoffberg ◽

David S Jacobs

Keyword(s):

Discriminant Analysis ◽

Foraging Behaviour ◽

Myotis Lucifugus ◽

The Other ◽

Wing Morphology ◽

Echolocation Calls ◽

Narrow Bandwidth ◽

Mole Crickets ◽

Wing Tips ◽

Wing Tip

On the basis of its external morphology, Myotis tricolor (Temminck, 1832) should be able to both aerial-feed and glean. Furthermore, this bat is known to use broadband calls of short duration, reinforcing the prediction that it gleans. However, results from this study indicate that M. tricolor does not commonly glean. This conclusion was reached after studying the foraging behaviour of M. tricolor in a flight room. We presented M. tricolor with mealworms, moths, mole crickets, beetles, and cicadas in a variety of ways that required either gleaning and (or) aerial feeding. Although M. tricolor readily took tethered prey, it did not take any of the variety of insects presented to it in a manner that required gleaning. We therefore compared its wing morphology and echolocation calls with those of several known gleaners, Nycteris thebaica E. Geoffroy, 1818, Myotis lucifugus (Le Conte, 1831), and Myotis septentrionalis (Trouessart, 1897), and an aerial forager, Neoromicia capensis (A. Smith, 1829). In a discriminant analysis wing-tip shape was the only variable to provide some degree of discrimination between species, with M. tricolor having more pointed wing tips than the known gleaners. Discriminant analysis of echolocation-call parameters grouped M. tricolor with the other Myotis species and separated it from N. capensis and N. thebaica. However, M. tricolor did not use harmonics as did the other Myotis species. The apparent failure of M. tricolor to glean might therefore be due to its relatively pointed wings and narrow-bandwidth echolocation calls, owing to the absence of harmonics in its calls.

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